Shoe shining or polishing brush



G. A. REITZEL.

SHOE SHINING 0R POLISHING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED mnso. 1919. RENEWED NOV. 11.1919.

1 1 v Patented June 8, 1924);

Z1 jlfz E wzf w WM GEORGE A. BEI'I'ZEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHOE SHINING 0R POLISHING BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1920.

Application filed January 30, 1919, Serial No. 273,950. Renewed November17, 1919. Serial No. 888,673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. RErrznL, a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shoe Shining or Polishing Brushes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a shoe shining or polishingbrush, and it consists preferably of an ordinary shoe brush, a dauber, ablacking or polish receptacle, a blacking or polishing distributingmeans connecting the dauber with the receptacle so that polish may beapplied to the bristles or hair of the dauber. v

The essential feature of my invention is to construct a blacking brush,having a dauber conveniently located and'positioned on the top of thebrush proper, a tube leading into the dauber through which blacking orpolish is placed and fed to the dauber, and a blacking or polishcontainer detachably connected to the tube, the blacking or polish beingfed into the dauber by pressure upon the container.

A further object of my invention is to construct the housing orsupporting frame in which the container is located in such a manner soone portion thereof may be shifted to one side so that easy access maybe had to the container for replacing or removing the same and toprovide a locking means for supporting the housing in rigid positionwhen the same is closed.

Figure 1, is a top plan view of my complete invention.

Fig. 2, is an end view of the same.

Fig. 3, is a vertical central sectional view of the same.

Fig. 4, is a detail perspective'view of the supporting frame or housingwhich houses the blacking receptacle and supports the dauber.

Fig. 5, is a detail top plan view with the dauber removed showing theaction of the housing for the removal and insertion of the polish tube.

Fig. 6, is a detail perspective view of the 1 blacking receptacle in aposition ready to be 50- attached to the feeding tube. Fig. 7, is adetail sectional view showing the housing locking means and taken on theline 77 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 8, is a cross sectional view of the same taken on the line 8-8 ofFig. 7.

Referring to the drawings in detail 9 indicates the body or frame of anordinary bent inwardly as that indicated by the numeral 16, the bottomends being flanged as that shown and indicated by the numeral 17.

The front ends of the supporting members are inclined and provided witha flange 18 to which is attached the dauber 19 which may be of any sizeor shape and the same when firmly attached in position will be arrangedon a slight incline as that shown. The dauber and frame is provided witha central opening 20 in which is inserted a "tube 21, the free end ofthe tube is provided with an internal screw thread 22 which willaccommodate the insertion of the screwthreaded nipple 23 formed on thepolish or blacking receptacle 24. This receptacle is of the ordinarycollapsible construction as .tubes now used for containing glue, pasteor any other ingredients and the material is such as to permit the tubeto be pressed together so as to force the blacking out of the nipple andthrough the tube 21, permitting the polish to contact with the bristlesof the dauber.

In the top of the brush 9 is formed an elongated recess in which isattached a leafspring 25 the same being provided with an opening 26 anda finger operating end 27, and on the flange 17 of the pivotal member 13is provided a short pin 28, this pin is so arranged as to fit into theopening 26 of the spring and hold the pivotal member in locked position,and in order to shift the member 13 to one side as that shown in Fig. 5,the leaf-spring is pressed down on and the pin released from theopening.

The polish tube together with the tube 21 may also be shifted to oneside as that shown in Fig. 5 so that the receptacle can be easily andreadily removed or replaced and the side movement is limited by a stapleIn order to properly support the dauber l9 and to close ofi' the frontof the brush I place over the outer periphery of the edge of the brushand a portion of the dauber a plate 30, this plate acts as a protectoraswell as a'support to prevent the [front edges of the supportingmembers from contacting with the shoes and scratching the same.

It is the intention to put up the blacking or polish in tubularcontainers as that shown and allthat is necessary is to remove its capand insert the screw-threaded nipple into the tube 21, then by pressureupon the tube the blacking or polish is forced through the tube into thebristles of the dauber which then may be readily applied to the shoe,thenby reversing the brush the shoe can be polished without in anywaysoiling the fingers of the hand and at the same time having the entirecombination, dauber, blacking and brush in one.

This invention is an improvement over my invention now pending, SerialNo.

. 253606, filed September 11, 1918;

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim, is:

1. A device of the character described adapted to be attached to the topof a brush comprising a support composed of two parts, the forward endsof the parts'being inclined and provided with flanges, a dauber mountedon the flanges, a portion of the upper edges of the support being bentinwardly-to form a; housing, atube connected to the base of the dauberand projecting therethrough to connect with a tube in the housing, oneof said members of the housing beingpivotally. mountedfor free access tothe polish Ltube, substantially as specified;

2. A device of the character described adapted to be attached to the topof a brush comprising a support composed of a Sta-- tionary and apivotal part, the forward ends of the parts being inclined and providedwith flanges, a dauber mounted on the flanges, a portion of the upperedges of the support being bent inwardly to form a housing, a tubeconnected to the base of the dauber and projecting therethrough toconnect with a polish tube in the housing, one of said members of thehousing provided with a locking pin to engage with a locking device ontop of the brush, substantially as specified.

3. A shoe shining and polishing brush consisting of placing on the topof the brush a suitablehousing consisting of a stationary and a hingedmember, flanges formed on each of said members, a portion of the upperedges of said members being turned inwardly to act as a housing, theforward ends of the members being inclined and provided with flanges, adauber mounted on the inclined flanges, a pivot extending through thehinged member and into the dauber for supporting the hinged member, atube connected to the base of the dauber and projecting therethrough toconnect with a polish tube supported in the housing and a means forl-imitingthe swing movement 1gfdthe polish tube, substantially as speci-In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence .of

two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. REITZEL.

Witnessesr ALFRED A. -EIoKs,-'

.G LANE.

